Theodemir

Theodemir (429-475) was an Ostrogothic king and the father of Theoderic the Great.

Biography
Theodemir was the son of Wandalar, and he was the brother of Valamir and Videmir. An Arian Christian, he married the Catholic Erelieva, and he took over three Pannonian Goth tribes. He died in 475, and his son Theoderic the Great succeeded him as king of the Ostrogoths.